<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://code.jquery.com/mobile/1.4.5/jquery.mobile-1.4.5.min.css">
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.11.1.min.js"></script>
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/mobile/1.4.5/jquery.mobile-1.4.5.min.js"></script>
<script>
$(document).on("pagecreate","#pageone",function(){
  $("p").on("swipe",function(){
    $("span").text("Swipe detected!");
  });                       
});
</script>
</head>
<body>

<div data-role="page" id="pageone">
  <div data-role="header">
    <h1>The swipe Event</h1>
  </div>

  <div data-role="main" class="ui-content">
    <p>Swipe this text or in the box below.</p>
    <p style="border:1px solid black;height:200px;width:200px;"></p>
    <p><span style="color:red"></span></p>
  </div>

  <div data-role="footer">
    <h1>Footer Text</h1>
  </div>
</div> 

</body>
</html>
